Looking for cold weather food? Try one of these Instant Pot Chili Recipes!

Instant Pot Chili Recipes

As soon as the temperature starts dipping down below 70 degrees, I get chili on my mind! I love a good bowl of chili, but now that I make just about everything with my electric pressure cooker – you know I am making it in my IP!

Chili is one of those things that certain people like certain ways. I am including my favorite chili recipe – but have also including what we think are the best Instant Pot chili recipes, to make sure that you get that bowl of chili that you are looking for!

Beef Chili Instant Pot Recipe

I’ve made this beef chili for years. Previously I would cook in the slow cooker, but in recent years, we’ve adapted this for the Instant Pot. This is a quick chili recipe, but the beauty of the IP, you can gain more flavor by changing the Instant Pot mode to slow cooker. When you let the chili sit in slow cooker mode, it will bring out more and more flavor.

This is our family chili recipe and the beautiful thing is it’s very forgiving. You can add and subtract ingredients to make this the way you like it. If you need to make more, just increase the ingredients – though you may need an 8 qt Instant Pot if you make much more. I use a 6 qt Instant Pot and it suits my family just fine. Not sure which Instant Pot to get? Compare Instant Pots

Our beef chili instant pot recipe can be made in less than 30 minutes. We LOVE quick recipes, but this also tastes amazing when left in slow cook mode. This dish also tastes better each and every time you reheat it. Let’s stop yapping about how this is the best chili instant pot recipe ever, and let you just try it for yourself. From our kitchen to yours, bon appetit!

Best Beef Chili Instant Pot Recipe

The best beef chili Instant Pot recipe - make this for the masses, perfect for a cold night or for eating while watching football! This recipe is hardy!

Course
Main Course

Cuisine
American

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time15minutes

Total Time25minutes

Servings12people

Ingredients

1/2bagfrozen chopped onionsuse as much or as little as you like

1lbground beefI use 90% - I know, not traditional for chili, but I try to reduce fat where I can

1cankidney beanseither light kidney beans or dark kidney beans

1canblack beans

1canchili beans or pinto beans work too!

2cansrotel tomatoescan use regular canned diced tomatoes for less spice

1cantomato sauce16 oz

1cupwater

1tbspchili powder

1tbspcumin

1clovecrushed garlicor 1 tsp garlic powder

saltto taste

pepperto taste

cayenne pepperoptional - 1/2 - 1 tsp

Instructions

Set Instant Pot to saute

Cook beef, onions and garlic together

Brown the ground beef until no longer pink

Add in all spices

Saute for 2 minutes with spices

Add in beans, tomatoes, and water - jump dump into the Instant Pot

Push the manual button on your Instant Pot

Let Instant Pot natural release

The best beef chili is complete!

Not quite ready to eat? NO problem. Let it cook a bit longer for a more developed flavor. Stir and set Instant Pot to slow cook. With the slow cook function, the Instant Pot should stay on for 4 hours. Perfect for cooking ahead or if your family wants to eat chili thru-out the day.

Recipe Notes

If the chili it too thick, or if you are leaving on slow cook function, I add more water. This is a VERY forgiving chili recipe and you can make it your own. If you don't like garlic, don't add it! If you like more garlic, add it! Making chili in the Instant Pot is super easy and hope you find this recipe delicious!

Chili Garnishes

To garnish, our family eats our beef chili with sour cream and cheese. Half of the family adds saltine crackers. The other half of the family adds Frito corn chips. If we have it in the fridge, I will add a little cilantro to give the dish a more Mexican food flavor. If I want it spicier, I usually add red pepper flakes.

Occasionally we will make cornbread to accompany the meal, but truth be told 9 times out of 10, I forget to buy cornbread.

Growing up, my parents always served chili over rice. My family had mixed reactions to this, but this is just another alternative to serving this dish. The rice does make it even MORE filling. So if you need this dish to go a LONG way - add in rice.

Reheating Chili

How you eat it is up to you! This meal is versatile, very filling and gets better each time you reheat it! We typically throw leftovers into a pot and then put in the refrigerator. This lets us reheat the chili easily in just a few minutes on the stove top.

Chili Leftover Recipes

As a mom, my favorite thing about chili is we make several meals out of it. In addition to chili, we also make chili-cheese burritos or chilitos, as our family calls them. Other chili leftover favorites include chili hot dogs and Frito chili pie. Needless to say, I make a lot when I am cooking it, it lasts about 5 days in the refrigerator or you can freeze for later.

While I am partial to our family’s recipe, chili is one of those dishes that can be made a thousand ways! We’ve rounded up a wide variety of Chili Instant Pot recipes from all over the internet for you to try. From vegetarian to no bean to chicken or turkey – we have a wide variety of chili recipes for the Instant Pot that you and your family will surely love!

Instant Pot Chili Recipes Round-Up

The best Instant Pot Chili recipes from across the internet! From chicken chili to vegetarian chili, here are the best recipes for making chili in the Instant Pot!

Make your Thanksgiving sides in no time with these thanksgiving menu Instant Pot recipes.

Our Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish Instant Pot Recipes

It’s that time of year. In just a few weeks, a plethora of family and friends will gather to eat, drink and be merry and grateful. The only problem is that you have to do the cooking. We don’t want that to be a problem – we’ve got you covered with Instant Pot recipes for your side dishes for Thanksgiving.

This past year, our family has become a family of IP users. That said, I know several of these Instant Pot Thanksgiving recipes will be used for our family feast!

Whether you are looking for easy Thanksgiving sides or traditional Thanksgiving sides, the Instant Pot can not only make your food in a jiffy – it will make it delicious. We have gathered the best Thanksgiving sides to cook in your Instant Pot. They are organized below and we hope that you find just the recipes you need to complete your Thanksgiving meal.

Thanksgiving Vegetable Side Dishes

Looking for some veggies to add to your menu? We’ve rounded up several Thanksgiving vegetable side dish Instant Pot recipes.

Cheesy Asparagus Wrapped in Bacon

Kick up your asparagus game with this delicious Instant Pot asparagus recipe.

Instant Pot Stuffing

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Okay, Macaroni and Cheese is not just for kids. Consider making a Macaroni and Cheese bar with bacon, chives, various cheese and you can appease the mac and cheese loving masses! Best part, in the Instant Pot this traditional Thanksgiving side dish takes no time.

Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

Rice in the Instant Pot

Rice may not be a traditional Thanksgiving recipe in your home, but in ours it totally is. My dad is half-Japanese. We grew up eating rice with EVERY meal. Like seriously. I remember rice in the rice maker, with SPAGHETTI. We make rice a lot in our house, and in the Instant Pot it is the absolute best.

Here is a tip – splurge and buy the Japanese medium grain or short grain rice. It’s a game changer.

Cheesy Grits

Instant Pot Cinnamon Apple Sauce

Do you have a lot of kids coming for dinner? Cinnamon applesauce in the Instant Pot is a great unique Thanksgiving side dish that both parents and kids will appreciate. Bonus, make extra – this stuff is amazing and you will want to eat after the holiday!

Best Instant Pot Italian Recipes – because some people (my husband) can’t eat Mexican food every night. I tried, he resisted. Moving on.

First – do you need a new Instant Pot? How about a second (everyone should have a second IP, right?) Did you know we are giving one away? That’s right! Make sure to check out our Instant Giveaway.

Here’s a round-up of what you should be cooking in your Instant Pot or electric pressure cooker if you are in the mood for some Italian. Who knew you could cook noodles in the IP? Several of these are one pot meals where you can load up the yummy ingredients, press a few buttons and BAM – dinner is served. That’s my kind of meal.

Trying to figure out which Instant Pot is best for you? Make sure to check out our handy dandy Instant Pot Comparison.

Best Instant Pot Italian Recipes

From creamy tomato soup to Italian beef – here’s a list of the Best Instant Pot Italian Recipes that are sure to please the whole family.

Low Carb Instant Pot Recipes – yummy food in half the time without the carbs!

Low Carb Instant Pot Recipes

In years past, we’ve tried low carbing and to be honest, we all got sick and tired of hamburgers without buns and taco without shells. Due to the busy nature of our lives, we need food quick and when trying to eat a certain way – it was always done thru the drive thru. Low carbing is not sustainable (well at least for us) when we ate Taco Bell or Sonic for most meals.

We’ve really cut back our sugar here recently and have noticed an amazing difference in energy as well as our waist lines. One thing that has also helped our favorite tech gadget, the Instant Pot. Meals can be made quickly and they are actual MEALS, not fast food.

Tip: When making low carb Instant Pot recipes, make extra. Use the meat and vegetables for additional meals. Meal prep can definitely come in handy for busy households!

We’ve rounded up several low carb Instant Pot recipes to share. If you are Keto dieting or low carbing, here are several low carb Instant Pot recipes and Keto friendly Instant Pot recipes for you to try!

Instant Pot Chicken Buffalo Ranch Dip was a HIT! Let me back up. Yesterday, we hosted a family get together with 23 people. It was VERY last minute, how last minute? 24 hours notice. It was a great time with lots of food, fun, laughter, kids and a few injuries but we survived. We made it happen and the hit was the chicken buffalo ranch dip. The Instant Pot made 4 of the dishes for our family meal, so if you haven’t already – make sure to check out our Instant Pot Recipes – we use these often!

I’m going to show you how to make this Instant Pot dip in less than 10 minutes. But don’t worry for the traditional folk, I also have the tried and true old school method, but done IP style. Let’s start IPing!

Instant Pot Chicken Buffalo Ranch Dip Recipe

If you haven’t had chicken buffalo ranch dip, bless your heart. In all seriousness – it’s a yummy delicious dip and a great alternative to queso (there is nothing wrong with queso.) It tastes like buffalo chicken wings with ranch, but even better – it has were calling my name this weekend. This dip has been a regular in our parties for years. It all started when my sister-in-law made it for a party and then our friends started making it, now we always chuckle when we see it. You can make it spicy or well it will still have a kick, but you can most definitely tone down the heat (or turn it up! I like it HOT!)

Gotta love Franks Red Hot sauce! Use as much as you want to make the Instant Pot Chicken Buffalo Ranch Dip as hot or mild as you like. (It will still be somewhat hot with this stuff!)

I’m including 2 Instant Pot Chicken Buffalo Ranch Dip Recipes here. One is if you want to make this dip the more traditional way – but I occasionally use a hack to save time and i’ve included that recipe here – keep scrolling to read!

Place 1 lb seasoned chicken in the Instant Pot with 1 cup of chicken broth or water. Next, close the lid – make sure you are sealed and set the IP for 12 minutes. If your chicken is frozen, I would up the time to 15 minutes.

Note: By the time the chicken is pressurized, it will take around 25-30 minutes.

After your Instant Pot dings, quick release the seal. Next, is the easy part. You can either shred the chicken first, or what I do is just dump all of the ingredients and stir. So take your cream cheese, shredded cheese, ranch dressing and Frank’s Red Hot Sauce and mix your dip together! That’s it!

I make this ahead of time, and then put the Instant Pot on slow cooker. This keeps the dip warm, without burning. I had 2 hours before my party, I did stir a few times just to make sure all was well (and it was delish!)

In my hurry, I really didn’t want to cook ANOTHER meat. I mean we had 24 burgers to get prepped! I looked into our cabinet and we had 2 cans of chicken that I had bought at Sams Club. I hadn’t used these in forever. The good news, is the expiration on these is forever out. I don’t use often, but SO it is so worth keeping these handy for last minute needs. Anyways, on to the recipe!

Empty the water out of the 2 cans of chicken. Place the chicken in the Instant Pot. Season the chicken well, canned chicken is so bland. And the smell – let’s mask that smell!

Next, you will put your Instant Pot on sauté . You will sauté your chicken for 3-4 minutes. Since the chicken is cooked, you are just warming up the chicken and getting the pot hot.

Then, place all of the ingredients in the Instant Pot. With this quick recipe, you don’t need the chicken broth because there is no need to pressurize.

Stir the ingredients quickly, as you don’t want anything to burn. You are just melting the items together.

Finally, when all of the ingredients resemble the Chicken Buffalo Ranch Dip – you will turn the IP off, and then back on with the Slow Cooker function.

Use tortilla chips or corn chips, either way – this instant pot dip does NOT disappoint!

When you are done, serve in a bowl – garnish with a little shredded cheese and serve with tortilla chips or corn chips. YUM! NOM!

Instant Pot as a Slow Cooker

I don’t use the Instant Pot as a slow cooker often, but this function comes VERY handy when you need to heat up an item and leave it. It doesn’t work with every meal, but when it works – it works!

There you have it. There is the Chicken Buffalo Ranch Dip recipe Instant Pot style. It is SO good, and so easy to make.

July 4th Recipes – Are you attending or hosting a fourth of July picnic? While the grill maybe king, the Instant Pot is QUEEN! Make all the fourth of July food and make it yummy and QUICK with your IP!

Instant Pot for July 4th Recipes

We’ve found some of our favorite July 4th recipes for Instant Pot. And of course, in typical Instant Pot style, these July 4th recipes are QUICK and easy to make. Let’s get to the recipes!

Here is a great idea for a July 4th picnic – create a Mac and Cheese bar! Make this Easy Mac and Cheese Instant Pot recipe, and then provide a fun buffet of options for toppings such as: shredded cheese, bacon, ham, tomatoes, jalapeños, chicken, and/or onions! The Mac and Cheese bar topping ideas are endless and a total crowd pleaser.

Pressure Cooker Potato Salad Recipe

This is a July 4th staple! Make it in no time with your IP! image source: Hip2Save

Anytime we make BBQ or burgers, this pressure cooker potato salad recipe is a staple. It’s so easy to make. We leave on the skins and cook the eggs with the potatoes. This give you the most delicious potato salad in NO time!

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